What I simply don't understand is why anyone would give a liar who stole $5000 the benefit of the doubt to begin with. When you rip off and lie to your supposed friends, and change your story multiple times, you no longer deserve the benefit of the doubt. Especially since he never even mentions his supposed gambling addiction until you brought it up. But we've been over this, you just hold the human race in a higher regard than I do. IMO, very few scumbags are good guys in bad situations. A guy who deserved the benefit of the doubt would have been transparent and honest in his first post after being outed. Maybe you bought his "honest and sincere" bullshit, but I sure didn't.